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2018 Football Roster

Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith

4 Pace Temple

  • Position WR
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Geneva, Ill.
  • Highschool Geneva

Biography

*2016 Second Team All-Pioneer Football League 
*2016 Second Team Academic All-Pioneer Football League
*2017 First Team All-Pioneer Football League
*2018 Team Captain
*2018 Preseason All-PFL selection

 
2018 (Senior): First Team All-Pioneer Football League selection at wide receiver… Named STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week (9/3)… PFL Offensive Player of the Week (9/3)… Team Captain… Played in 11 games… Set the BU school record for most receptions in a single-season with 85… Set the BU school record for most receiving yards in a single-season with 1,097… Became the first Butler receiver to reach 1,000 receiving yards in back-to-back seasons… Became the all-time leader at Butler in career receiving yards (3,364)… Became the seventh PFL player to reach 3,000 career receiving yards… Caught 12 passes for a career-high 196 yards at Jacksonville to become the Butler’s all-time career leader in receiving yards (Nov. 3)… 196 yards is the sixth-best total recorded in a single game in BU football history… Became just the second player in school history to catch more than 200 passes in his Bulldog career (229)… Recorded 22 receiving touchdowns in his career… Caught 14 passes for 167 yards and a touchdown at #24 Youngstown State (Sept. 1)... 14 catches in a single-game is just one shy of tying the BU school record… Averaged 99.7 receiving yards per game as a senior… Averaged 12.9 yards per catch… Scored nine touchdowns… Longest reception was 54 yards at Jacksonville (Nov. 3)… First TD came at Youngstown State (Sept. 1)… Scored two touchdowns at Valparaiso (Oct. 13)… Ended the year with two receiving touchdowns at Davidson (Nov. 17)… Logged four 100-yard games… Ranked second in the PFL in receptions per game (7.7)… Ranked fourth in the PFL in receiving yards per game (99.7)… Scored 54 points for BU.

2017: Started all 11 games.. Named First Team All-PFL.. Named Offensive MVP... Registered 65 catches for 1,075 yards as a junior, becoming just the fourth Bulldog in program history to go over 1,000 yards in a season. He had five 100-yard games in 2017. His receptions per game and yards per game were both second in the PFL. He is 13th in FCS at 97.7 yards per game.

2016: Started all 11 games... Named Second Team All-PFL... Second Team Academic All-PFL... Temple led the team with 978 receiving yards on the season, placing him at sixth on Butler's single season list.... Led in receptions (61) ranking him ninth on Butler's single-season list... Led the team in receiving touchdowns with five of them... Also ranked third in the PFL in receptions per game (5.5) and receiving yards per game (88.9)... Temple eclipsed the 100-yard receiving mark against Campbell (9/24), Marist (10/8) and Valparaiso (10/29). 

2015: Played in 10 games...caught 18 passes for 214 yards and four touchdowns...recorded three solo tackles...named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll.

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Historical Player Information

  • 88

    2015Freshman

    WR
    6'1" 185 lbs
    88
  • 4

    2016Sophomore

    WR
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2017Junior

    WR
    6'1" 200 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2018Senior

    WR
    6'1" 200 lbs
    4
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